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Friday, 15 February 2013

Pants Alteration Tips

Everybody needs
a good tailor. Even if you buy most of your clothes off
the rack, tailor can make the necessary adjustments by doing some necessary
alterations to make your outfit look like it was designed just for you. If
you lose weight, your pants may need to be taken in one or two sizes. There must
be times when you look out for that perfect pair of pants, and finally when you
find one, it ends up being a misfit.

Instead of throwing the pants away, get it altered to fit
it to your size. Depending on what is wrong with the pants, you may be able to
alter them in just few hours. In these cases you need help, so you can
check out the following tips and know how to alter pants.

Tips for Altering Pants:

Take a pair of pants which fits you right to use it as a
reference while re-sizing the pants.

Wash clothes and make sure all stains have been removed.
Tailors usually use fabrics during and after
alterations and the heat could permanently set any dirt or marks.

In case you just need minor alteration, do it on your
own. If you need to adjust the waist part, mostly, check out the center back
seam. This can be taken in or let out 1 inch or more without affecting the fit
elsewhere. Wear it and see where the adjustments are necessary.

Some skirts are harder to alter.
Bias-cuts, if done badly, will have rippled seams. For the solution for thinner
fabrics, ask your tailor to add lining.

For repairing the legs of the pants, stitch the new
inseams, tapering the new seam line into the old one on each leg. Baste the new
seam line at the back of each leg, to the old seam line at the front of the leg.

If your tailor is adjusting the hem of
pants and long skirts or dresses, bring the shoes you’re most likely to wear
with these outfits.

Similarly for Jackets, your tailor needs
to make allowances for thicker materials, especially when altering the
shoulders and sleeves.